Nashville Predators vs. Arizona CoyotesJan 8, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 8, 2022· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	3	0	1	4		NSH	19	5	5	29
ARI	0	0	2	2		ARI	12	15	13	40

: NSH 47ARI 67
: NSH 2.75ARI 3.97
PP goals: NSH 1ARI 0
Hits: NSH 48ARI 34
Blocks: NSH 13ARI 9
PIM: NSH 36ARI 48
: NSH 49%ARI 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Nashville Predators beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Nashville Predators beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:08 together.

Points
Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 25:52.Josi
Points
Ryan Johansen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:12.Johansen
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:08 together.Josi Duchene Johansen Granlund Tolvanen
New line
New look for NSH: Duchene–Granlund–Jeannot skated 6:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duchene Granlund Jeannot
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +9 against a season average of 31.4; the win.Saros
New line
New look for ARI: Nash–Roussel–Fischer skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Roussel Fischer
Luck
ARI scored 2 goals on 3.97 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matt Benning (NSH) played 21:19, +5:03 up on his 16:16 season average over 64 games.Benning

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · ARI 67 · NSH 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 20% of the game, ARI 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

ARI

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NSH	ARI
	30	40
	1.26	2.07
	1.24	2.02
	6	11
	6	4
	8	8
	−0.020	+0.020
	20%	41%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Jeannot
6:0925% CF
L2Johansen – Kunin – Tolvanen
5:4663% CF
L3McCarron – Luff – Tomasino
4:3850% CF
L4Cousins – Sissons – Trenin
4:0850% CF
D1Josi – Benning
10:2037% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
9:3631% CF
D3Borowiecki – Myers
5:5929% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
4:0889% CF
PP2Ekholm – Cousins – Carrier – Kunin – Tomasino
2:4067% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:00
PK2FMcCarron – Trenin
1:55
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
2:31
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
1:51

Current NSH line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Kessel – Larsson – Crouse
5:5764% CF
L2Nash – Roussel – Fischer
4:43100% CF
L3Ladd – Boyd – Keller
4:0550% CF
L4Galchenyuk – O'Brien – Schmaltz
3:5867% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Mayo
9:3144% CF
D2Stralman – Moser
9:0663% CF
D3Dineen – Lyubushkin
7:5350% CF

PP1Ladd – Kessel – Larsson – Boyd – Moser
3:0067% CF
PP2Gostisbehere – Schmaltz – Fischer – Crouse – Keller
2:19100% CF
PK1FNash – Roussel
2:38
PK2FLarsson – Crouse
1:39
PK1DStralman – Mayo
3:59
PK2DDineen – Lyubushkin
1:41

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:56
NSHMattias Ekholm (Luke Kunin, Ryan Johansen)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Myers, Kunin, TolvanenARI: Ladd, Boyd, Gostisbehere, Mayo, Keller
NSH 1 – 0 ARI
17:20
NSHYakov Trenin (Matt Benning, Eeli Tolvanen)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Benning, Trenin, Myers, TolvanenARI: Kessel, Roussel, Gostisbehere, Mayo
NSH 2 – 0 ARI
18:56
NSHTanner Jeannot (Matt Duchene, Roman Josi)tip-in0.03 xG
NSH: Josi, Borowiecki, Duchene, Granlund, JeannotARI: Galchenyuk, Gostisbehere, Mayo, Fischer, Crouse
NSH 3 – 0 ARI

3rd period

2:19
ARIClayton Kellerwrist0.03 xG
NSH: Josi, Benning, McCarron, Luff, TomasinoARI: Ladd, Stralman, Boyd, Keller, Moser
NSH 3 – 1 ARI
7:25
NSHRoman JosiPP (Ryan Johansen, Mikael Granlund)wrist0.03 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, TolvanenARI: Nash, Roussel, Mayo, Lyubushkin
NSH 4 – 1 ARI
10:48
ARILawson Crouse (Riley Nash, Cam Dineen)backhand0.13 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Benning, JeannotARI: Nash, Fischer, Crouse, Dineen, Lyubushkin
NSH 4 – 2 ARI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.66	0	1	2	18:51	—	—	21	33
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	21	25
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	2	2	12	12:35	—	—	38	26
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.11	2	0	2	16:12	—	—	63	64
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	3	1	2	15:15	—	—	61	67
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.35	6	1	0	14:57	—	—	64	63
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	4	0	0	10:15	—	—	56	54
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	9:43	—	—	46	16
Matt Luff R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	1	2	9:05	—	—	39	7
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	5	0	0	14:54	—	—	33	18
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	57	60
Yakov Trenin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	1	0	7	13:32	—	—	27	24
Roman Josi D	D1	1	1	2	-1	7	0.59	2	3	0	25:52	—	—	46	50
Matt Benning D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	3	0	0	21:19	—	—	39	52
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	2	22:32	—	—	46	39
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	2	21:24	—	—	33	8
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.05	6	0	0	13:29	—	—	53	32
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	5	11:30	—	—	36	30

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	3.97	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	1	1	4	20:11	—	—	50	35
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.46	0	0	2	17:59	—	—	71	63
Lawson Crouse L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.46	7	0	0	17:24	—	—	69	76
Christian Fischer R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:55	—	—	90	96
Riley Nash C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	67	90
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:10	—	—	43	55
Clayton Keller R	L3	1	0	1	0	7	0.91	0	0	2	19:57	—	—	57	68
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.50	3	0	0	17:45	—	—	46	63
Andrew Ladd L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	0	19	9:30	—	—	50	43
Nick Schmaltz C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	50	53
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	2	0	0	10:26	—	—	44	66
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	0	17	8:05	—	—	43	37
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.07	1	1	0	23:12	—	—	63	81
Dysin Mayo D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.12	2	1	2	17:25	—	—	48	38
Anton Stralman D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	1	0	21:49	—	—	50	36
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	19:46	—	—	75	85
Cam Dineen D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	3	0	17:47	—	—	52	64
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:11	—	—	55	57

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.20	56:37

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.